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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.33,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight years ago, I was haunted\Nby an evil spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.86,0:00:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 25 at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.08,0:00:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was living in a tiny house\Nbehind someone else's house
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.54,0:00:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.86,0:00:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was this guest house,\Nit had kind of been dilapidated,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.54,0:00:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not taken care of for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.24,0:00:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one night, I was sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.72,0:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got this really spooky feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of the feeling\Nlike you're being watched.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.28,0:00:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no one was there except my two dogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.33,0:00:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were just chewing their feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.88,0:00:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I looked around. No one was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.74,0:00:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, OK,\Nit's just my imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.98,0:00:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the feeling just kept getting worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.62,0:01:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to feel\Nthis pressure in my chest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.93,0:01:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of like the feeling\Nwhen you get bad news.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.05,0:01:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it started to sink lower and lower
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.38,0:01:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.62,0:01:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over the course of that week,\Nthis feeling got worse and worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.38,0:01:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to become convinced\Nthat something was there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.90,0:01:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my little guest house, haunting me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.59,0:01:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started to hear these sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.73,0:01:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this "whoosh," kind of whisper,\Nlike something passing through me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.06,0:01:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my best friend, Claire, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.15,0:01:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know this is going to sound crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.33,0:01:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, um ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.42,0:01:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a ghost in my house,\Nand I need to get rid of it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.42,0:01:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said -- she's very\Nopen-minded -- and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.79,0:01:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't think you're crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.52,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you just need\Nto do a cleansing ritual."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.14,0:02:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.57,0:02:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So get some sage and burn it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.42,0:02:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell it to go away."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.94,0:02:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said, "OK,"\Nand I went and I bought sage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.62,0:02:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had never done this before,\Nso I set the sage on fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.71,0:02:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waved it about, and said, "Go away!\NThis is my house! I live here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.38,0:02:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't live here!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.10,0:02:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the feeling stayed.\NNothing got better.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.41,0:02:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I started to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.63,0:02:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, well now this thing is probably\Njust laughing at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.42,0:02:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it hasn't left,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.88,0:02:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I probably just look like\Nthis impotent, powerless thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that couldn't get it to go away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.21,0:02:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every day I'd come home
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.33,0:02:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you guys, this feeling got so bad\Nthat -- I mean, I'm laughing at it now --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.71,0:02:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would sit there in bed\Nand cry every night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.40,0:03:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the feeling on my chest\Ngot worse and worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.87,0:03:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was physically painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.89,0:03:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I even went to a psychiatrist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.34,0:03:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tried to get her\Nto prescribe me medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.79,0:03:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she wouldn't just because\NI don't have schizophrenia, OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.91,0:03:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.33,0:03:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So finally I got on the internet,\Nand I Googled "hauntings."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.27,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I came upon this forum\Nof ghost hunters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.38,0:03:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these were a special\Nkind of ghost hunters --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.74,0:03:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were skeptics.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.30,0:03:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They believed that every case of ghosts\Nthat they had investigated so far
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.90,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been explained away by science.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.10,0:03:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "OK, smart guys,\Nthis is what's happening to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.07,0:03:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you have an explanation for me,\NI would love to hear it."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.16,0:03:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of them said, "OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.40,0:03:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, have you heard\Nof carbon monoxide poisoning?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.39,0:04:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.87,0:04:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, gas poisoning?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.24,0:04:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carbon monoxide poisoning\Nis when you have a gas leak
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.25,0:04:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaking into your home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.71,0:04:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked it up, and the symptoms\Nof carbon monoxide poisoning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.57,0:04:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,include a pressure on your chest ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.58,0:04:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.87,0:04:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,auditory hallucinations -- whoosh --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.14,0:04:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an unexplained feeling of dread.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.34,0:04:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that night, I called the gas company.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.77,0:04:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "I have an emergency.\NI need you to come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.60,0:04:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to get into the story now,\Nbut I need you to come out."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.89,0:04:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.11,0:04:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came out. I said,\N"I suspect a gas leak."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought their carbon\Nmonoxide detector,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.46,0:04:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.24,0:04:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a really good thing\Nthat you called us tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.01,0:04:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you could have been\Ndead very soon."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.72,0:05:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-seven percent of Americans\Nbelieve in haunted houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.11,0:05:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wonder how many of them\Nhave been in one
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.72,0:05:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how many of them have been in danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.83,0:05:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that haunting story\Nhas led me to my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.59,0:05:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an investigator,\Nand I'm an investigator in two senses:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.51,0:05:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an investigative journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.10,0:05:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm also an investigator\Nof the claims of the paranormal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.31,0:05:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and claims of the spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.33,0:05:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means a few things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.87,0:05:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes that means that I'm pretending\Nto need an exorcism
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.84,0:05:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can get -- yes, that's right! --\Nso I can go to an exorcist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.43,0:05:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if he's using gimmicks\Nor psychological tricks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.06,0:05:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to convince someone\Nthat they're possessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.97,0:05:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes that means\NI'm going undercover in a fringe group
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.32,0:05:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I report on\Nfor a podcast that I co-host.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've done over 70 investigations\Nlike this with my co-host, Ross.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.77,0:06:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would love to tell you\Nthat nine times out of 10, science wins,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.79,0:06:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saves the day, it's all explained.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.31,0:06:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.51,0:06:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, 10 times out of 10,\Nscience wins, it saves the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.83,0:06:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.36,0:06:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.05,0:06:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.08,0:06:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that doesn't mean\Nthere's no such thing as a mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.78,0:06:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there are mysteries,\Nbut a mystery is a mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.73,0:06:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not a ghost.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.52,0:06:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I believe there are\Ntwo kinds of truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.16,0:06:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's taken me a while to get\Nto this place, but I think this is right,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.54,0:06:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so hear me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.82,0:06:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is outer truth\Nand there's inner truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.00,0:06:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you say to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.24,0:06:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There was a man named Jesus\Nand he once existed,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.94,0:06:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's outer truth, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.66,0:06:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can go and look\Nat the historical record.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.03,0:06:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can determine\Nwhether that seems to be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.47,0:07:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would argue,\Nit does seem to be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.03,0:07:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you say, "Jesus rose\Nfrom the dead," -- ooh, trickier.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.73,0:07:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.98,0:07:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say that's an outer-truth claim,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.45,0:07:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he physically rose or he didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.52,0:07:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to get into\Nwhether he rose or he didn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.27,0:07:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would say\Nthat's an outer-truth claim.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.37,0:07:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happened or it didn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.09,0:07:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you say, "I don't care\Nwhether he rose from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.81,0:07:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's symbolically important to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.18,0:07:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that metaphor is so meaningful,\Nso purposeful to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.70,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not going to try\Nto persuade you of it,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.02,0:07:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you've moved it\Nfrom outer truth to inner truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.60,0:07:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from science to art.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.15,0:07:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we have a tendency\Nto not be clear about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.34,0:07:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to move our inner truths\Nto outer truths,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.77,0:07:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to not be fair about it to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.70,0:07:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when people are telling us\Ntheir inner truths,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.09,0:07:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to make them defend them\Nby outer-truth standards.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.72,0:08:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm talking here about outer truth,\Nabout objective things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.46,0:08:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was an objective reality\Nin my haunted house, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.97,0:08:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I've told you about the gas leak,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.05,0:08:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt a single person here\Nwould be like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.09,0:08:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I still think there was a ghost, too."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.99,0:08:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.05,0:08:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as soon as we have\Nthese scientific explanations,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know to give up the ghost.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.61,0:08:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use these things as stopgaps\Nfor things that we can't explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.64,0:08:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't believe them because of evidence;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.67,0:08:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe them because\Nof a lack of evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.43,0:08:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a group in Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.82,0:08:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the Independent\NInvestigations Group, or the IIG,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.55,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they do great work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.56,0:08:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll give a $10,000 prize
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.28,0:08:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to anyone who can show,\Nunder scientific conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.83,0:08:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have a paranormal ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.21,0:08:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's done it yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.94,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they've had a couple people\Nwho claim that they were clairaudients,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.02,0:08:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that they can hear voices\Neither from the great beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.10,0:08:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they can read minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.03,0:09:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they had one person\Nwho was very sincere,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.81,0:09:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believed that he could read minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.76,0:09:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they set up a test with him,\Nand this is the way it always works.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.77,0:09:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The group says, "OK, we have a protocol,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.33,0:09:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a way to scientifically test this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.38,0:09:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you agree with it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.56,0:09:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person says yes. Then they test it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.48,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very important that both sides agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.51,0:09:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did that, they tested him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.65,0:09:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "OK, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.22,0:09:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You weren't able to predict\Nwhat Lisa was thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.09,0:09:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It matched up about the same as chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.14,0:09:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks like you don't have the power."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.78,0:09:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that gave them the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.65,0:09:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to compassionately sit down with him\Nand have a very difficult discussion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.01,0:09:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which basically amounted to,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.00,0:09:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, we know you're sincere,\Nand what that means is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.59,0:09:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do hear something in your head."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.24,0:09:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that guy got to make\Nthe very difficult decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.39,0:10:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really the life-changing decision\Nabout whether to go get help.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.04,0:10:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're actually helping people\Nto make these connections
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.31,0:10:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe before seemed like\Notherworldly explanations,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.65,0:10:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help draw us into reality\Nand maybe change our lives for the better.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.34,0:10:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, on the other hand,\Nmaybe one time it'll turn out to be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.76,0:10:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we'll find out there are ghosts,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.80,0:10:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holy shit, it will be the best thing!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.00,0:10:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time I do\None of these investigations,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.75,0:10:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still get so excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.58,0:10:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm like 75 into them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.67,0:10:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still I swear on number 76,\NI'm going to be like, "This is the one!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.77,0:10:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.100,0:10:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I'm just eternally optimistic,\Nbut I hope I never lose this hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.88,0:10:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I invite you to take\Nthis same attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.68,0:10:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people share\Ntheir outer beliefs with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.14,0:10:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When talking about testable claims,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.63,0:10:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respect them enough to ask\Nthese good questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.34,0:11:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Challenge and see\Nhow you can examine them together,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.22,0:11:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's this idea\Nthat you can't respect a belief
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.42,0:11:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still challenge it,\Nbut that's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.99,0:11:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we jiggle the lock,\Nwhen we test the claim,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.76,0:11:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're saying, OK, I respect you,\NI'm listening to what you're saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.76,0:11:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to test it out with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.77,0:11:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all had that experience\Nwhere you're telling someone something,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.15,0:11:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're like, "Oh,\Nthat's really interesting, yeah,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.91,0:11:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know you're being had.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.05,0:11:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when someone says, "Really? Huh.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.46,0:11:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds a little sketchy to me,\Nbut I'm listening,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.88,0:11:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you at least know\Nyou're being engaged and respected.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.56,0:11:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the kind of attitude\Nwe should have with these claims.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.70,0:11:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's showing someone\Nthat you care what they're saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.43,0:11:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.08,0:11:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, yes, most of these searches\Nwill come up empty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.80,0:11:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's how all of science works.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.13,0:11:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every cure for cancer so far\Nhas not panned out,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.26,0:11:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't stop looking,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.61,0:12:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.17,0:12:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because number one, the answer matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.67,0:12:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's looking at the afterlife\Nor the paranormal or the cure for cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.72,0:12:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all amounts to the same question:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.07,0:12:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How long will we be here?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.86,0:12:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two, because looking for the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.66,0:12:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being open-minded,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.100,0:12:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being willing to be wrong\Nand to change your whole worldview
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.39,0:12:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is awe-inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.21,0:12:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still get excited at ghost stories\Nevery single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.04,0:12:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still consider that every group\NI join might be right,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.15,0:12:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope I never lose that hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.17,0:12:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's all never lose that hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.00,0:12:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because searching for what's out there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.88,0:12:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps us understand what's in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.58,0:12:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, please have\Na carbon monoxide detector in your home.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.06,0:12:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.10,0:12:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.40,0:12:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)